A New Species of Scorpionfly Fossil From 53 Million Years Ago at Mcabee, British Columbia (IMAGE)

Simon Fraser University

A New Species of Scorpionfly Fossil From 53 Million Years Ago at Mcabee, British Columbia

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A new species of scorpionfly fossil from 53 million years ago at McAbee, British Columbia named Eomerope eonearctica. This insect is very similar to a fossil species that lived at the same time north of Vladivostok on the Asian Pacific coast, highlighting connections between Canada and Russia in ancient times.

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